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Welsh vs Romanian


Romanian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Wales   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
English Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
British Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
alo   

Thank You
Diolch   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Nos da   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Bore da   
bună Dimineața   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
scuze   

Bye
Hwyl   
La revedere   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Română   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
gallois   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Romanians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Romanian   

Language Position
Not Available   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
rum   

ISO 639 3
cym   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Welsh and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Romanian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Welsh and Romanian Language History.

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Welsh and Romanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Welsh and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Romanian language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Romanian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Welsh and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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